With evidence‑based teaching and cutting‑edge tech, @cmuchemistry.bsky.social Professors David Yaron and Gizelle Sherwood are helping more students thrive in STEM. 🧪
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Tartan on the Rise: Rebecca Alford, 2016 Chem alum, uses a careful process of observation and inference, to uncover promising directions for new medicines as a principal scientist specializing in structure-based drug design at Johnson & Johnson.
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Seminar Series: Joshua Telser, Roosevelt University
187Os and 193Ir Mössbauer Investigation of Coordination Complexes Using Synchrotron Radiation
Host: Alex Guo
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
4:00 p.m.
Mellon Institute Conference Room 348
Today's the day!
Many thanks to Tina, one of our GSA reps, for putting together another amazing Bob Ross painting night.
Once again amazed by the multi-talented PhD students from our department!
What if drugs had the surgical precision to go straight to the source of a problem?
Antonina “Tonia” Simakova, a 2015 PhD graduate of the Matyjaszewski group, believes such a vision is achievable through better targeting of pharmaceuticals enabled by polymer chemistry.
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Register to attend the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Championship on March 25 in person or online and cheer on the Chris Blum, from the Das group, who is competing for cash and prizes.
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Last day to order!
Pierogi Therapeutics, a startup by chemistry Ph.D. students Ben Koby & Filipp Gusev, will present in the McGinnis Venture Competition. Support their pitch Tues, Mar 17 from 2-4:45 p.m. in McConomy Auditorium in the CUC. First place will receive $50,000 investment from Amazon Web Services.
Or, in more general terms, Debo's research in the Institute for Green Science hopes to design iron-TAML catalysts that help to find ways to purify contaminated water using hydrogen peroxide, which neutralizes the pollution and gets rid of chemicals harmful to people and animals.
By fine-tuning their molecular structure, Debojyoti has unlocked immense high-pH stability that was previously missing, ensuring the new generation of NewTAMLs stay active much longer than previous ones.
Institute of Green Science designs "smart" NewTAML catalysts that mimic natural enzymes to purify water using one of the greenest oxidizing agents hydrogen peroxide, all while featuring a programmable "self-destruct" timer.
Congratulations to Debojyoti Chakraborty from the Collins lab who's abstract, Programmable Kill Switches in NewTAML Catalysts Enable Independent Control of Reactivity and Lifetime, has been accepted for the Gordon Green Chemistry Conference in Barcelona this summer!
Chemistry Seminar: Shiliang Tian, Purdue
Visualizing Reactive Intermediates: Radical and High-Valent Chemistry Across Biological and Synthetic Catalysis
Host: Alex Guo
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
4:00 p.m.
Mellon Institute Conference Room 348
Whether she’s investigating potential treatments for Parkinson’s disease in the lab or helping other researchers bring new medical devices to market, Ph.D. student Avleen Chawla is opening pathways toward potential therapies. www.cmu.edu/mcs/news-eve...
Come cheer on Chris, Das group, presenting in the 3 Minute Thesis Championship: presenting "DNA Disguised Messengers for Cancer Treatment."
This event challenges Ph.D. students to present their thesis & its significance to and a general audience. 6-8 pm 3/25 McConomy Auditorium
Need some chemistry apparel? Sachi Amanze, a chemistry senior, designed this year’s hoodie, blending science, style, and personality in a way only she can!
Order by March 16: cmuchemistry2026.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Need some chemistry apparel? Sachi Amanze, a chemistry senior, designed this year’s hoodie, blending science, style, and personality in a way only she can!
Order by March 16: cmuchemistry2026.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Now out in ACS Macromolecules: "Dual-Pathway Strategy for Click-Type Functionalization and Programmable Polymer Deconstruction"
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Carrie McDonough @carrieamcdphd.bsky.social explores how PFAS move, bind, and transform within us – redefining what exposure really means
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Walking to the Sky installment at CMU
The Sustainability Initiative is pleased to partner with the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholar Development to offer five new Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships.
💻 Learn more and apply by February 18: www.cmu.edu/sustainabili...
We're excited to highlight the latest recipients of the MCS Graduate Student Travel Awards! These awards help our graduate students share their research on national and international stages. Learn more: www.cmu.edu/mcs/news-eve...
Attending #SLAS2026 in Boston? Let’s catch up! I will be talking on Tuesday about our Programmable Chemical and Biological Innovation Cloud Lab
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How we use robotics, automation and agentic AI to drive chemical experiment. #ChemSky #BioSky #CompChemSky
CMU chemists have developed a precise approach to target RNA, opening the door to potential new treatments for myotonicdystrophy type 1 — the most common adult‑onset muscular dystrophy — and other RNA‑repeat expansion disorders. 🧪 #ChemSky
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Abhrojyoti Mazumder from the Jin & Peteanu labs, struck gold with nanocluster research - these materials could help make quantum computers & communication networks faster and more powerful.
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CMU Student Energy and Sustainability Research Symposium - submit your abstract by February 24th for the symposium March 17th
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Catalyzing Advocacy in Science & Engineering (CASE) Workshop Apply to be sponsored by ACS!
ACS is sponsoring two students (graduate or undergraduate) to participate in the AAAS Catalyzing Advocacy in Science & Engineering (CASE) Workshop on April 12-15 in Washington, D.C.!
Apply by February 19: buff.ly/HVHhcxX
MCS Graduate Conference Funding Award for conferences occurring in January through June have been announced; and from Chemsitry, we are congratulating Avirup Sardar from the Jin group for receiving this award!
From rural Pennsylvania to Carnegie Mellon, Ph.D. student Elizabeth Smith is turning personal experience into research. Her work in @cmuchemistry.bsky.social aims to help communities protect drinking water. 🧪 #GreenChemistry #WomenInSTEM
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